Description: The Centauro is a high mobility 8x8 wheeled armored combat vehicle family designed to perform a variety of missions. It was developed by Iveco Defense Vehicles, Consorzio IVECO Fiat-OTO Melara and OTO Melara for the Italian Army in the late 1980s. The first variant, the Centauro cavalry fighting vehicle, entered service in 1991. The second variant of Centauro introduced in 2009, known as Centauro 8x8 VBC or Centauro VBM, features add-on armor for increased protection, larger troops compartment and a turret-mounted 25mm cannon to serve as an infantry fighting vehicle (IFV). Other versions have been developed for air defense, field artillery and recovery and repair of damaged Centauros on the battlefield.

The Centauro VBM Recovery is a new version of the Centauro VBM infantry fighting vehicle intended to serve as engineer vehicle as well as for recovery and repair of damaged armored vehicles on the battlefield. The vehicle can be equipped with two 7.62mm machine guns for self-defense purposes. The vehicle features NBC protection, a 100 meters hydraulic winch, hydraulic crane, anti-tank mine and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) protection, rear ramp, frontal blade, smoke grenades 8x80mm, anti-mine seats, laser warning system, etc. The Centauro VBM Recovery vehicle is powered by an IVECO 8262 6V turbocharged after cooler diesel engine rated at 405 KW (550-hp). So far, the Spanish Army is the only known operator for this version.